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From the classical violinist to the hip hop producer, creating music pays homage to principles of harmony. It is not just the sum of the musical parts that makes a song come alive, but how every part interacts with others to create more harmonies, enriched melodies, dynamic rhythms, and more interaction. Composers, engineers, producers and performing musicians constantly use the harmonic principles derived from basic acoustics every time they work through a piece.
This book offers a deep analytical dive into the theories of harmonics. It explores many nontraditional approaches such as extended and hyperextended chords and it includes an explanation for the consonance of the elusive minor triad. The book also covers voicing and arranging from a vertical or harmonic perspective, a system of classifying the sonority of each chord, how extended chords impact the listener, and how the composer applies these principles.
List of contents
Table of ContentsList of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments xvii
Foreword by Warren Pettit
Preface
Introduction
¿1.¿Justifying Thirds as a Basis for Analysis
¿2.¿Tertian Chord in Harmonic Perspective
¿3.¿Sub-position
¿4.¿Acoustic Justification
¿5.¿Psychoacoustic Considerations
¿6.¿Continuity as a Function of Context and Consonance
¿7.¿Tone-Sustaining Issues
¿8.¿Principles of Separation
¿9.¿Linear Concepts
10.¿Harmonic Permutations of Chordal Klang
11.¿Complex Chord Systems Using Harmonic Matrices
12.¿Manifesting Inaudible Sound
13.¿Chord Classification
14.¿The Minor Triad
15.¿Shifting Harmonic Imagery
16.¿Hyperextended Chords
17.¿The Approach Tone and Chord
18.¿Jazz Analysis and Context Using Hyperextended Tones
19.¿Approach Chords Applied in Improvisation
20.¿The Blue Tonality and the Augmented Twenty-Third
21.¿The Enigmatic Spanish Phrygian: A Contextual Case Study
22.¿Concert Music Analysis
23.¿Light Correlations: Conjecture
Glossary
Appendix A: Graphs
Appendix B: Additional Musical Figures
Appendix C: Methodology and Systems
Chapter Notes
Sources and Further Reading
Index
About the author
Jack Ballard, Jr. has composed, performed and produced a variety of music, from classical, world and film music to jazz and bluegrass to punk and hip hop.
